First and foremost! Do you have your ticket?
No seriously.
Do you have eyes on it? Is it in your hand? It happens to the best of us! It might not be too late to turn around and get it.
Did you set your email and voicemail away messages? Does the neighbor know where to find your keys if the cat gets stuck or something?
Ok. Let's go Home.
Do you have eyes on it? Is it in your hand? It happens to the best of us! It might not be too late to turn around and get it.
Did you set your email and voicemail away messages? Does the neighbor know where to find your keys if the cat gets stuck or something?
Ok. Let's go Home.
Roadtrip to Burning Man 2025
The Annual Pre-Playa Planner™
It’s that time again, kids! The Pre-Playa Planner is the yearly tradition where Arash delegates all the actual research to his way-more-responsible guests. This year’s dialed-in crew to help you mentally prepare for your adventures ahead:
Burner Podcast Episode 159
Recorded in Los Angeles on August 2, 2025
📅 playaevents.burningman.org
🌀 2025 Art Installations: burningman.org/event/2025-art-listings
🎧 Here Shamiran’s full set here: https://on.soundcloud.com/26hAaDXocNpuuuMIWU
🛻 Your Pre-Playa Audio Toolkit: burnerpodcast.com/roadtrip
🗃️ Previous Pre-Playa Planners: burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/category/pre-playa-planner
Contributing Producer: Public Menace of Bubble Lounge
Cover Photo: Mark Fromson
Fun Fact: This is Burner Podcast’s first ever episode edited with AI
It’s that time again, kids! The Pre-Playa Planner is the yearly tradition where Arash delegates all the actual research to his way-more-responsible guests. This year’s dialed-in crew to help you mentally prepare for your adventures ahead:
- Esquire, founder of Bubble Lounge
- Saffron aka Sara Barnett, repping Art Support Services (A.S.S.) instagram.com/cornepeli
- Shamiran, artist, musician, sonic selector and Camp YOUniversal mainstay instagram.com/saterishamiran
Burner Podcast Episode 159
Recorded in Los Angeles on August 2, 2025
📅 playaevents.burningman.org
🌀 2025 Art Installations: burningman.org/event/2025-art-listings
🎧 Here Shamiran’s full set here: https://on.soundcloud.com/26hAaDXocNpuuuMIWU
🛻 Your Pre-Playa Audio Toolkit: burnerpodcast.com/roadtrip
🗃️ Previous Pre-Playa Planners: burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/category/pre-playa-planner
Contributing Producer: Public Menace of Bubble Lounge
Cover Photo: Mark Fromson
Fun Fact: This is Burner Podcast’s first ever episode edited with AI
It's probably obviously too late to listen to a packing episode now but…
Maybe avoid a panic attack moment by listening to this episode and checking out Rebecca‘s packing list which is linked to in the show notes? Just a thought.
burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-84-packing-for-burning-man
burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-84-packing-for-burning-man
Safety Third. But... Like is it really?
Getting this episode up juuuuuuussst in the nick of time as it hits multiple important topics which are especially important this year.
Episode 132: Un[censored] Your Burn with Wolverine
It's been almost 15 years since Richard Gottlieb aka Wolverine found himself working in the festival medical space. It was a passion for people that brought him here. We get to know Wolverine a bit for the first half hour of the show before getting into a quick and dirty primer on this year's big buzz: Narcan. The final third of the conversation gets into various physical health and safety notes including hydration, drug interactions, and the importance of washing our hands. Spoiler alert: There are no magic pills. Closing set by Pumpkin.
Learn CPR in fourish minutes: youtu.be/1lwRQTGzKcw?t
Or if you just can't even do four minutes, this one is amazing and it's a minute. Wolverine notes that this one is a bit dated as we normies don't check for breath anymore: youtube.com/watch?v=T4hkwKhbIgc
Full show notes at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-132-unfuck-your-burn-with-wolverine
It's been almost 15 years since Richard Gottlieb aka Wolverine found himself working in the festival medical space. It was a passion for people that brought him here. We get to know Wolverine a bit for the first half hour of the show before getting into a quick and dirty primer on this year's big buzz: Narcan. The final third of the conversation gets into various physical health and safety notes including hydration, drug interactions, and the importance of washing our hands. Spoiler alert: There are no magic pills. Closing set by Pumpkin.
Learn CPR in fourish minutes: youtu.be/1lwRQTGzKcw?t
Or if you just can't even do four minutes, this one is amazing and it's a minute. Wolverine notes that this one is a bit dated as we normies don't check for breath anymore: youtube.com/watch?v=T4hkwKhbIgc
Full show notes at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-132-unfuck-your-burn-with-wolverine
Peep Halcyon's Burning Man Bootcamp. Phenomenal and Halcyon recorded this HOW TO BURN series in 2019. They are no longer a couple, but remain friends, and collaborators. They have both been changed by the magic of Burning Man and find joy in spreading the 10 Principles in the default world.
FIRST TIME? OR JUST NEED A REFRESH?
Talking 10 principles
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Since we're hanging out with Halcyon... This refresher and deep dive was another one which was originally recorded specifically in order to be listened to on the drive out to Burning Man.
burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/episode-105-the-ten-principals-episode-finally |
Burner Podcast Playlists on Spotify
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If you’re interested in specifically hearing artist interviews, camp profile episodes or chats on plant medicine, you can jump over to one of the six Burner Podcast playlists on Spotify.
burnerpodcast.com/spotify-playlists |
Rockstar Librarian
Find Rockstar Librarian‘s guide to the music of Burning Man: rockstarlibrarian.com
Did you know Kate is a legit librarian? Get to know her by listening to episode 89.
soundcloud.com/burnerpodcast/episode-89-rock-star-librarian
burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/category/episode-89
Did you know Kate is a legit librarian? Get to know her by listening to episode 89.
soundcloud.com/burnerpodcast/episode-89-rock-star-librarian
burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes/category/episode-89
Sick of hearing people talk?
Wish we would just STFU and get to the music already? Here is a playlist of pretty much all of the DJ sets included on every episode of Burner Podcast since we’ve been including DJ sets.
https://on.soundcloud.com/4QjW3T6gHPEiDVgSA
https://on.soundcloud.com/4QjW3T6gHPEiDVgSA
Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline
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And our sister show, Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline, featured over 60 completely original mixes created by DJs active in the extended Burner community.
burnerpodcast.com/alkaline |
Arriving at the gates...
At this point, it might be too late to #dontgotoburningman.
Your signal may be dropping out at this point as you pass Pyramid Lake. Whatever you've forgotten, it's too late now. Don't panic. I promise you there is someone on playa who has exactly the thing you're looking for at exactly the perfect time.
Don't get out of your car when you're pulling up to Gate. Have your shit ready to go so you don't get banished to Lot D. Don't be an asshole. Keep it at 5mph and don't pop open that beer till you're parked and done driving.
Love, light and all that other crap. See you in the dust, my friends.
-Arash
@mrarash
@burnerpodcast
Your signal may be dropping out at this point as you pass Pyramid Lake. Whatever you've forgotten, it's too late now. Don't panic. I promise you there is someone on playa who has exactly the thing you're looking for at exactly the perfect time.
Don't get out of your car when you're pulling up to Gate. Have your shit ready to go so you don't get banished to Lot D. Don't be an asshole. Keep it at 5mph and don't pop open that beer till you're parked and done driving.
Love, light and all that other crap. See you in the dust, my friends.
-Arash
@mrarash
@burnerpodcast
